Total Crime Rate

132.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 132.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.4 8/10
  • Public order 29.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.9 8/10
  • Other theft 13.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sugar Lane area has the 24th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Cherryfield , and the 106th highest crime rate of 496 local areas in Knowsley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sugar Lane (L34 0EW) in the last 12 months was 132.5 per 1,000 residents and was 55.6% higher than the Cherryfield average (85.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 76.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 64.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 47.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sugar Lane (L34 0EW), the main crime hotspot is near Longborough Road. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sugar Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shop Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Home Farm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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